Silicone functionalized fluids with low traction characteristics

A low traction lubricating composition having a traction coefficient of less than or equal to 0.02 as measured using a Mini Traction Machine, said composition comprising a highly branched functionalized silicone backbone composition, wherein said highly branched functionalized silicone backbone composition is a silicone composition having the formula:

• wherein:
• R1 are independently selected from the group consisting of:
• an alkyl having 1-5 carbon atoms, a substituted alkyl having 1-5 carbon atoms optionally substituted by one or more fluorine atoms, and a phenyl, and R2 is selected from the group consisting of:
• hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 45 carbon atoms, substituted alkyl of 1 to 45 carbon atoms optionally substituted by one or more fluorine atoms, aryl, a partially esterified ester-containing group represented by the formula:
• and a reverse ester thereof represented by the formula:
• and the formula:
• and a reverse ester thereof represented by the formula:
• provided that if R1 is anything but methyl or ethyl, then R2 must be a methyl, ethyl or butyl,
• R3 is derived from a partially esterified ester residue;
• R8 is selected from the group consisting of:
• hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 45 carbon atoms, substituted alkyl of 1 to 45 carbon atoms optionally substituted by one or more fluorine atoms, aryl and a compound derived from a partially esterified ester residue;
• R9 is selected from the group consisting of:
• an arylene, an alkylene of 1 to 22 carbon atoms, substituted alkylene of 1 to 22 carbon atoms optionally substituted by one or more fluorine atoms and arylene;
• R4 is selected from the group consisting of:
• alkyl of 1 to 45 carbon atoms, substituted alkyl of 1 to 45 carbon atoms optionally substituted by one or more fluorine atoms, aryl, said ester-containing group and said compound derived from reverse esters thereof;
• m is an integer between about 5 to about 22;
• and
• x is an integer between about 0 to about 1000;
• wherein said composition has at least 1 compound derived from said partially esterified ester-containing group or said reverse ester thereof.